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Martin Strel will be getting some serious face time on American television this summer. Martin will be the subject of two separate documentary looks at his stage swim exploits in the History Channel and the National Geographic Channel. Stay tuned for air dates and times. Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
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The global open water swimming world is rapidly becoming more and more environmentally friendly as race directors and swimmers are collectively understanding the impact of their activities on the oceans, lakes and waterways of the world. From solo swimmers in Lake Tahoe to the oceans of the world, those most passionate about protecting our Earth
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With the growing interest in open water swimming and the Oceans Seven, an increasingly number of people are inquiring about swimming across the Tsugaru Channel. Yuko Matsuzaki, who is the daughter of the former director of the Japanese Coast Guard, has been instrumental in explaining the needs of marathon swimmers and channel swimmers to the
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Deborah McDonald directed and produced an independent film about International Masters Hall of Fame Open Water inductee, Suzanne Heim-Bowen. The film was selected to be shown at the 2012 Indie Spirit Film Festival on April 19th – 22nd in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 50 year old FRESHMAN Suzanne Heim-Bowen is the remarkable and unlikely story about
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Over 100 swimmers, true to the hardy South African spirit wearing mostly Speedo briefs, braved 12°C water temperatures and large surf to raise R10 000 for abused women and children in the 2.2 km Cadiz Human Rights Day Swim in Cape Town on Wednesday. 20-year-old world championship swimmer Danie Marais (shown running up the beach
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Reto Vuelta a nado Isla de Ibiza is a 5-stage marathon swim over 5 days covering a total of 70 kilometers (43.5 miles) around the island of Ibiza in Spain. All In Your Mind will organize a limited field of 16 elite swimmers who will tackle 5 individual stage swims between 12 and 14 kilometers
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The new professional BCT Gdynia Marathon in Gdynia, Poland is organized by Tomasz Pąchalski. The BCT Gdynia Marathon is an additional event in the amateur Morski Maraton Pływacki BCT Gdynia competition held in Gdynia, Poland. The new professional 18.5 km (11.2-mile) event will take place on the sunniest and warmest day between August 24th –
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Two great open water swimmers are wanted in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Michael Zoetmulder of Zports will invite two elite open water swimmers to visit South Africa between April 6th and 9th to take part in a trifecta of grand open water swims: 1. The tough 8 km Nelson Mandela Bay Bell Buoy
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Well before there was POW (Pool Open Water), there was the Fleishhacker Municipal Swimming Pool in San Francisco. Opened in 1925, the world’s largest heated salt-water pool was closed in 1971. 305 meters in length and nearly 50 meters at its widest point, the pool held 24.6 million liters of filtered seawater pumped in from
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The Waikiki Roughwater Swim is an annual tradition on Oahu since October 1970. The brainchild of Jim Cotton, the 2.4-mile course is not only to one of America’s leading community swims, but it also gave birth to the swim leg of the Ironman triathlon. “The course has never been changed. The distance has been stable
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